- "Now The Economist has spoken with an Assad-regime insider and gained one of the first authoritative public accounts of the abduction [of Austin Tice] and an insight into one of the regime’s darkest secrets." www.economist.com/middle-east-...
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- "Our source is Safwan Bahloul, a high-ranking general in Mr Assad’s security state. He has chosen to speak out and share details of Mr Tice’s ordeal. He confirms that Mr Tice was held not by rebel groups, but rather by the Syrian state" www.economist.com/middle-east-...
